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First claim filed in fatal train crash
(The following article by Lisa Mascaro was posted on the Los Angeles Daily News website on February 15.) LOS ANGELES -- The widow and children of a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy on Monday filed a claim against Metrolink in the Jan. 26 train crash -- the first in what...
Unions, legislators meet on mass-transit reform
(The following article by Jere Downs was posted on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 15.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Leading 2,000 union, environmental, civic and religious activists on a rally to save mass transit, Mayor Street and a powerhouse of Philadelphia...
Thousands demand fix for SEPTA
(The following article by Dan Geringer was posted on the Philadelphia Daily News website on February 15.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Threatened by service cuts and fare hikes that would disrupt their lives, thousands of working people, seniors, students and disabled riders...
Opinion: Congress must rescue Amtrak from Bush’s ax
(The following editorial appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on February 15.) DETROIT, Mich. -- President George W. Bush has had Amtrak on the ropes for four years. Now he's preparing a knockout blow with a shortsighted plan to end federal subsidies for the...
Amtrak hampered by losses, low western ridership in N.Y.
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Devlin Barrett on February 14.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak loses tens of millions of dollars every year in New York, and ridership along one route has dropped 25 percent in the past four years, according to new...
Bush wants states to run Amtrak
(The following story by Caleb Hale appeared on the Southern Illinoisan website on February 15.) SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -- President George W. Bush wants to leave Amtrak in the hands of the company and the states that run the rail system, the U.S. transportation secretary...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta says Amtrak ‘is dying’
Transportation issued the following news release on February 14.) CHICAGO -- Amtrak "is dying and everyone knows it," U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said during a news conference at Chicago's Union Station Monday. Mineta came to reaffirm President...
Mineta: Metra, not Amtrak, should run Union Station
(The following article by Mark J. Konkol was posted on the Chicago Sun-Times website on February 15.) CHICAGO -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta flew to Chicago Monday to talk about trains, touting the return of an Amtrak reform proposal that never made it...
Mineta: Metra should compete with Amtrak
(The following story by Jon Hilkevitch appeared on the Chicago Tribune website on February 14.) CHICAGO -- Metra and other railroads would compete with Amtrak to run long-distance passenger trains under a concept the nation's top transportation official announced...
Bush administration wants major Amtrak overhaul
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on February 14.) CHICAGO -- President Bush's transportation secretary says the Amtrak system is dying and needs a top-to-bottom overhaul. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta was in Chicago today to lay out...
